Allstate Shuffles Senior Roles; Chief Marketing Officer Resigns

Allstate Corp. has announced some important senior management changes, including a new leader of auto and home business through agents, after a key resignation.

Matt Winter, previously senior executive vice president of insurance operation and president and chief executive officer of Allstate Financial, is now the corporation’s president of Allstate Auto, Home and Agencies.

Winter will lead Allstate’s personal lines business provided by Allstate agencies, the company says in a statement.

Don Civgin, who has been Allstate’s chief financial officer, is now the president of Allstate Financial.

Steve Shebik, has been promoted to chief financial officer.

The moves were made following the resignation of Mark LaNeve, chief marketing officer and senior executive vice president of agency operations, for personal reasons.

The number of Allstate exclusive agencies fell to about 10,000 from about 11,500 in 2010, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Allstate has made some changes to the compensation it gives its agents. LaNeve told agents in a letter late last year that Allstate will not cut base commissions to 8 percent, but only one percentage point to 9 percent beginning in 2013.

The company says it has also offered financing for agency acquisition and rewards better-performing agencies.

The number of locations of agencies has dropped from 10,850 locations in 2010 to 9,700 locations in 2011.